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THE bek-keepbr's guide; 



destroying' habits, a species of Erax (Fig-. 270). In form it 

 resembles the one referred to above. The wing (Fig-. 269), as 

 will be seen, is quite different in its venation. I received this 



Fig. 270. 



Fig. 271. 



Eobber-Fly and Wing. — Original. 



species from Louisiana. Fig-. 272 shows the antennae magni- 

 fied. The Nebraska bee-killer, Promachus bastardi, is the 



Fig. 272. 



Fig. 273. 



Read and Tarsus of Robber-Fly. — Original. 



same in general appearance as the above. The second vein of 

 the primary wing, not the third, as in the case of Asilus, forks. 

 In Erax, as seen in Fig. 271, this branch is disconnected. 



